2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 2-1
Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents by Age,
United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2016
Age (years)
15-34
Characteristic All ages
Total		 Children
Age <18		 Adults
Age 18+		 0-4 5-14 15-34 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-64 65+
Total: 13.6 12.7 13.9 5.1 14.8 16.6 18.2 18.5 15.0 13.5 10.9
Male 12.7 14.4 12.2 5.9 16.8 16.5 20.0 18.2 14.4 11.0 8.6
Female 14.5 11.0 15.5 4.2 12.8 16.7 16.3 18.8 15.6 15.9 12.8
White Non-Hispanic: 13.7 11.4 14.2 3.4 12.5 17.5 19.4 18.8 16.1 14.1 11.2
Male 12.4 12.4 12.4 3.6 13.8 17.3 21.1 19.6 14.8 11.5 9.0
Female 14.9 10.3 15.9 3.1* 11.1 17.8 17.6 17.8 17.5 16.6 13.1
Black Non-Hispanic: 17.1 20.5 15.9 9.8 25.2 17.0 22.2 17.3 14.7 16.3 13.7
Male 16.6 21.0 14.9 9.6* 26.3 18.5 22.4 19.4* 16.3 14.1 10.1
Female 17.5 20.0 16.7 10.0* 24.1 15.6 22.0 15.4 13.4 18.1 16.1
Other Non-Hispanic: 12.9 12.7 13.0 6.1 14.6 17.3 17.8 20.7 15.9 11.3 9.0
Male 13.8 14.9 13.3 7.4* 16.0 19.4 22.3 17.4 19.4 10.7 7.7*
Female 12.1 10.4 12.7 4.9* 13.0 15.2 11.7 23.3 12.5 11.8 10.0
Hispanic: 11.4 11.3 11.5 5.4 14.2 13.7 13.6 18.0 11.4 10.4 6.5
Male 10.8 14.8 8.9 8.0 18.1 12.0 15.3 13.8 9.8 7.3 4.4*
Female 12.0 7.7 14.0 2.8* 10.1 15.4 11.8 22.0 13.1 13.5 8.2
Puerto Rican:a 18.9 17.8 19.4 ** 23.1 22.5 23.2 20.1* 23.3 21.8 **
Male 16.3 25.4 12.4 ** 40.3 16.8* 19.0* ** 18.6* 13.2* **
Female 21.7 10.3* 27.0 ** 6.4* 28.0 27.3* 29.1* 27.2* 31.3 **
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 10.3 10.8 10.0 4.7 13.5 12.9 13.2 16.2 11.2 8.2 5.1
Male 10.6 13.7 9.0 7.1 15.8 12.9 17.8 15.6* 9.8* 6.7 4.7*
Female 9.9 7.9 10.9 2.4* 11.3 12.8 8.2* 16.7* 12.6 9.7 5.4
Region:
Northeast 14.4 13.5 14.6 5.6* 15.3 19.6 20.5 19.0 19.4 14.0 9.8
Midwest 13.5 11.9 14.0 4.1* 13.2 16.6 17.9 21.4 13.7 13.4 12.2
South 12.8 13.2 12.6 5.7 16.0 13.8 15.9 15.0 12.2 13.0 10.7
West 14.4 12.1 15.1 4.5 14.4 18.7 20.3 20.8 16.9 14.0 10.9
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
0-0.99 16.6 14.5 17.5 9.2 16.9 17.2 17.0 20.0 14.5 18.5 14.7
1.00-2.49 13.6 13.5 13.7 4.5 16.5 16.3 18.8 15.7 15.4 13.6 10.8
2.50-4.49 12.7 11.1 13.1 4.3 12.1 16.4 19.3 19.2 14.1 12.5 10.2
4.50 and above 13.0 11.8 13.3 3.1* 13.8 16.8 17.6 20.1 15.5 12.8 10.7

Source:National Health InterviewS urvey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 03/29/2018
All relative standard errors are <30% unless otherwise indicated.
*Relative standard error of the estimate is 30%-50%; the estimate is unreliable.
**Relative standard error of the estimate exceeds 50%.
aAs a subset of Hispanic.
bMissing responses imputed.
Asthma and Community Health Branch National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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